Brinkworth "Hub of Activity" at the Railway Station which has gone. Mid North South Australia
The Brinkworth Railway Station is no more!
The station was constructed as a ‘second class timber station building” rather than a stone building. It was demolished in November 1996, being badly affected by white ants.
Trains were met from north and south at midday. The refreshment room, which operated from 1895–1941 was a busy place. It could seat 200 people, and at times up to 15 women were employed there.
From 1894 until 1909 the Post Office operated from the station. Mail from Koolunga, Mundoora and Redhill was sorted and collected from the station by horse and buggy for local delivery.
The township of Brinkworth stands on Section 392 in the Hundred of Hart: granted to James White in 1866.
By 1892 part of it was owned by Frederick Belling and Peter Brinkworth (1842–1907) as executors of George Brinkworth who died at Gulnare in 1892 aged 81.
Brinkworth "Hub of Activity" at the Railway Station which has gone. Mid North South Australia
The Brinkworth Railway Station is no more!
The station was constructed as a ‘second class timber station building” rather than a stone building. It was demolished in November 1996, being badly affected by white ants.
Trains were met from north and south at midday. The refreshment room, which operated from 1895–1941 was a busy place. It could seat 200 people, and at times up to 15 women were employed there.
From 1894 until 1909 the Post Office operated from the station. Mail from Koolunga, Mundoora and Redhill was sorted and collected from the station by horse and buggy for local delivery.
The township of Brinkworth stands on Section 392 in the Hundred of Hart: granted to James White in 1866.
By 1892 part of it was owned by Frederick Belling and Peter Brinkworth (1842–1907) as executors of George Brinkworth who died at Gulnare in 1892 aged 81.